In 2017, a total of 194,377 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years, for a birth rate of 18.8 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is another record low for the U.S. teens and a drop from 7% from 2016. Still, the United States teen pregnancy rate is substantially higher than in other western industrialized nations and racial/ethnics and geographic disparities in teen birth rates persist. Less favorable socioeconomic conditions, such as low education and low-income levels of a teen family may contribute to high teens birth rates (CDC, 2019).
Professional Learning Resources
- WVDHHR-Regional Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Specialist
- Pregnancy Prevention Programs at Mission West Virginia
Teen Pregnancy Organizations
- WVDHHR-Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
- WV Perinatal Partnership
- Mission West Virginia
- What Works: Sexual Health Services
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